West Virginia Methodist ministers assigned in annual conference
The five day West Virginia Conference meeting concluded with 500 ministerial assignments for the new church year. Bishop Fred G. Holloway read the lists and 30 deacons plus 32 elders were ordained. Re-elected officers include Virgil Ware, Forrest Campbell, and Ronald Kyger.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Fred G. Holloway
Charleston
Virgil Ware
Clarksburg
Forrest Campbell
Parkersburg
Ronald C. Kyger
Ntington
Beckley Wes
D. Keith Raywood
Baileysville
Brown
Brushton-Mahone
Billycoat
Wickline
Fayetteville
James Cottrill
Hatcher
H. E. Smith
Herdon
Slayton
Itmann-Glen Rogers
W. E. Wade
Jeffrey
Clarence Riddle
Long
Betty Alt Circle Holds June Meeting At First Methodist
The Betty Alt Circle of the First Methodist Church met in June with Mrs L C Rogers and Mrs Hattie Brazeal as hostesses. Mrs R E Harbert president of the WSCS presided and officers for the new year were elected including Mont Bailey leader and C E Lohr assistant leader. Bailey led the pledge and the topic The Sea of Giving explained how the sea funds missionary work abroad and the need to stay connected to the effort. Refreshments were served by the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Rogers
Hattie Brazeal
Betty Alt
First Methodist Church
R. E. Harbert
WSCS
D. J. Bailey
J. E. Johnson
C. L. Shannon
Bailey
Highway Toll Now 198 After West Virginia Crash
The 1964 state highway death toll rose to 198 with the deaths of Homer Lewis 49 of Harts and Pat Gay 87 of Marlinton plus a pedestrian fatality in Elkins. Four Roanoke area workers returning from Ironton Ohio died after their car collided with a charter bus driven by Wesley Merritt of Huntington who swerved to avoid a stopped vehicle.
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Associated Press
Lincoln County
Huntington
Homer Lewis
Harts
Elkins
West Virginia
Pat Gay
Marlinton
Gay
Lewis
U. S. 60
Herman Sowards
Culloden
Lonnie Virgil Hatfield
Milton
Charles Brumfield
Roanoke
Ironton
Ohio
Ohio Valley Bus Co
Wesley Merritt
Merritt
Lions Hear Doctor On Lung Ailments At Princeton Club
Dr. Joe McCary of Princeton spoke to the Princeton Lions Club at the Virginian Hotel on respiratory diseases as part of a Mercer County Medical Society and Tuberculosis and Health Association program. He outlined common symptoms, urged timely medical advice, and emphasized the program motto chronic cough or shortness of breath see your doctor.
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Joe McCary
Princeton
Princeton Lions Club
Virginian Hotel
Mercer County Medical Society
Mercer County Tuberculosis and Health Association
McCary
Bill Myers
Mercer Courthouse Friday Activity Details
Court clerk records show three actions in Princeton on Friday including a property transfer from Mary Johnston Davis and G E Davis to G H Akers for one half of Plot 51 in Mary Johnston Davis Extension Oakvale Cemetery valued at 20 dollars. An application to wed was filed by Roger O Owens of Princeton and Peggy Ragan Walker of Spanishburg. A divorce action Mary Grose against William D Grose was also filed.
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Princeton
Mary Johnston Davis
G. E. Davis
G. H. Akers
Oakvale
Roger O. Owens
Peggy Ragan Walker
Spanishburg
Mary Grose
William D. Grose
First artificial drinking straws invented by Marvin Stone
Marvin C. Stone of Washington DC invented the first artificial drinking straws in 1886. The initial straws were handmade by rolling paraffin coated manila paper.
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Marvin C. Stone
Washington, D. C
Rev Delos Miles to Speak at Princeton First Baptist Sunday
Richmond Va based Rev Delos Miles guest speaks at First Baptist Church Princeton this Sunday. Miles has served as associate secretary of the Virginia Baptist General Board Department of Evangelism and Associational Missions and has a long record of military service, education, and church leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delos Miles
Richmond
First Baptist Church
Princeton
Department of Evangelism and Associational Missions
Virginia Baptist General Board
Concord Baptist Association
Training Union
Brotherhood of Concord Baptist Association
Eagle Eyrie Baptist Assembly
Miles
Nottoway County Mental Health Association
Virginia Association For Mental Health
Crewe Lions Club
Crewe
Nottoway
Burkeville Ministerial Association
North Chamberlayne Civic Association
Carter Addresses Old Guard On Education And Poverty
Princeton's Old Guard heard Wilson Carter address Fellow ship Hall in First Methodist Church. He urged education as essential to modern America and said poverty concerns all citizens. Reported ill were several members and a list of birthdays and a new member, Joseph R. Sigman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Old Guard
Wilson Carter
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Carter
America
George B. Halstead
James L. Taylor
Clay H. Hanks
A. B. Moore
James Cotton
Silas Metler
G. C. Emore
T. D. Blank
C. R. Jewell O. H. Boles
Ray B. Smith
Kyle McCormick
R. S. Bailey
D. P. Saunders
Albert Testerman
C. C. Martin
Joseph R. Sigman
C. L. Shannon
Jim Edmonds
Grant Awarded to Bohon for Summer Science Institute
William C Bohon of 401 Bluefield Ave Princeton has received a National Science Foundation study grant through Virginia State College Petersburg Virginia. The award funds an eight week summer institute for high school teachers of earth and general science at Virginia State from June 22 to August 14 with Bohon teaching at Elkhorn Northfork Junior High School Maybeurg McDowell County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Bohon
Bluefield Ave
Princeton
National Science Foundation
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Bohon
Elkhorn- Northfork
Maybeurg
McDowell County
Foundation
Virginia State
Princeton MYF Sophomore Class to Lead Sunday Program
The MYF Council of Princeton First Methodist Church announces the sophomore class will lead Sunday's program. The June schedule includes Youth Fund topics, Father’s Day themes, and talks by Pam Pennington and Pat Delp. A Buckhannon camp plan and a project committee were formed, with summer fellowship activities and a paving project for Hale Avenue corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MYF
MYF Council
Princeton First Methodist Church
Chary Bailes
My Fund
Methodist Youth Fund
Pam Pennington
Pat Delp
Officers Training Workshop
Senior Assembly
Buckhannon
Billy Joe Adams
Cecil Gunter
Pam Saunders
Jimmy Owens
Clarence King
Honey In the Rock
Hale Avenue
Center Street
Teresa Hemed
James Wynne
Susan Shumate
Gilbert Clifton
Bill Robinson
Danny Thomas
Barbara Wooten
Cheryl Bailes
Janice Dill
Martha Coleman
Periwinkle Garden Club Sees Picnic at Camp Creek Park
Members of the Periwinkle Garden Club and their families are invited to a picnic Sunday at Camp Creek State Park. The event starts at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Periwinkle Garden Club
Camp Creek State Park
Incense Center Teases Cedar Pencils Output
Incense center notes pencils are crafted from incense cedar with an average tree producing about 172000 pencils.
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geant-At-Arms
M. M. Woodward
James E. McCoy
L. W. Robinette
C. R. Cruise Sr
J. L. Morgan
T. Courtney Tanner
J. P. Beckett
Chapman Robert A. West
David Keesee
Jack Thompson
Methodist
Patior c Crcuit
Ralph Thompson
Virgil Cook
Perry Memorial
Paar ”Sudor
Powellton
D. Homer Stewart
Sophia
Bluefield
Eon DeHart
Bartley-Berwind
Dewey E. Nelson
Carr Memorial
E. E. Boyd
Davy Capels
Albert C. van Reenen
Gary
Denzil Weese
Jaeger
Keith Aepareness
Clifford Clark
Matoaka
G. Moxley
Maybeury
M. E. Burnsee Street
Newton Shock
Paul McKain
Ward Caretta
Elmer Wilson
Welch
Ray Wilson
Joseph Kidd
First Church
Harper Callison
Hammond
Ronald McCauley
St. Paul's
Connie Dickens
Stealey
James Weaver
Pleasant Hill
Blaine Marks
Readdy
Billings
W. W. Leggett
Speed
Maurice Miller
Spencer-St. John’s
S. L. Greene
Wallback
Melvin Browning
Weston East
Curtis Saville
Weston
Paul Morton
Aldersgate-Thompson
Billy Cornell
Calvert Kelley
Cedar Grove- Dickinson
Howard Ellifritz
Christ Church
Fairmont
R. L. Moore, Jr
Paul J. Dippolito
Ave
Robert L. Jones
Flemington-Rosemont
Marvin Miller
Grant Town
Owen Lee
Johnson Chapel
Pisgah
William Fichtner
Star City-Granville
Dwayne Lowther
Westover
Lawrence Huffman
Wesley Chapel
Gerald Daniel
Accoville-Lorado-Lundale
Raymond Workman
Amherstdale
George
Central Church
Hugh Lam
Christ Church-May’s
Holly
Elk Sossens
Arthur Fair
Grant Upper Tract
Harley DeLeuvere
Kitzmiller
Richard Longdon
Mineral
Maynard Crawford
Leslie Chipps
St. George
William Trowbridge
Terra Alta
Charles Paskel
Martin Eaton
Belleville
James B. Arbogast
Bethany
William Thompson, III
Castleman’s
Wesley
Wheeling
Harry Light, Jr
Christ Church-Nessley Chapel
Weirton
Betty Alt Circle
Gaat Kyeilucky
Heaven Hill Distilleries
Ing
Mercer
Ryan
Wakes Service Dept
Raleigh ST
Rev. Miles
Japan
Korea
Army School
Army Leadership School
Camp Haugen
USAFS
University of South Carolina
Furman University
Greenville
S. C
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
School of Pastoral Care
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Erskine Theological Seminary
Due West
Bethel Baptist Church
Scranton
David Street Baptist Church
Sandy Springs Baptist Church
Pelzer
S.C
West End Baptist Church
Crewe Baptist Church
Rev
Pisgah Road
Pisgah Church
Bild
Peta. Rd
vaheSavage
Metrocolor
Metroscope
Richard Basebart
Don Taylor
Eoeces
Spanishburg School
Beckley Highway
Princeton News
Periwinkle Club
Incense Center
Theatre Penn
W.va
Len Chaney Daists
Man
Michael Stern
Hyde Park Sewell Suits
Hubbard
A. van Heusen
Aeluew
Dad
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